Birkenhead

Birkenhead is a town in the county Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. The first Mersey ferry began operating from Birkenhead in 1150 when Benedictine monks built a priory there. The area was later used for as a sea port and for ship building as it was close to the naval activity of Liverpool.

More information

Birkenhead (http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/G32.HTM#BIRKENHEAD), Birkenhead visitor guide (http://www.birkenheadvisitorguide.co.uk/), Historic Warships at Birkenhead (http://www.warships.freeserve.co.uk/), Laird Shipbuilders (http://nautarch.tamu.edu/PROJECTS/denbigh/Laird.htm), Birkenhead Parish History (http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/birken.htm), Population of Birkenhead (http://populations.com/Country.asp?ID=197&CityID=8022)

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Other places in the world also called Birkenhead include:

• Birkenhead, a suburb in North shore, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Birkenhead Point, a shopping centre in Sydney, Australia, ? (http://www.birkenheadsc.com.au/),
• Birkenhead Rock near Stanford, Western Cape, South Africa.
  • The rock was named after the British troop ship HMS Birkenhead was wrecked there, a disaster that gave rise to the British Naval tradition of "Women and children first." See: Wreck of HMS Birkenhead (http://www.birkenhead.co.za/Birkenhead.htm), HMS Birkenhead (http://www.palmiped.btinternet.co.uk/Birkenhead.htm), HMS Birkenhead Memorial (http://www.overberg.co.za/birkenhead/)